Intersec Dubai 2011 kicked off a big year for ACT
With a number of trade shows lined up for 2011 Access Control
Technology (ACT) ltd. had a successful start to the year Intersec 2011
which was held in Dubai in January
With a number of trade shows lined up for 2011
Access Control Technology (ACT) Ltd. had a successful
start to the year Intersec 2011 which was held in
Dubai in January. With over 800 international
exhibitors the event is the largest and most
comprehensive exhibition and conference for security
and safety in the Middle East.
Speaking about the show Serge Tureau, ACT’s Export
Sales Manager, was delighted with the positive

reaction received from visitors to the ACT stand
where the focus was on the ACTpro product suite
including IP based door controllers and the readers
developed with the highly secure MIFARE DESFire
EV1 technology. Demonstrations were also given of
the recent enhancements to the ACTpro software
application including Sitemaps and ACT Web, the
exciting Web Based version of the ACTWin software.

Dublin’s Gibson Hotel secured with SALTO

Dublin’s newest designer hotel, The Gibson, has installed a bespoke
electronic access control solution from SALTO. Part of the Choice Hotels
Ireland Group, The Gibson Hotel is located in Point Village square, next to
the O2 arena
“As a brand new hotel guest room security was an
important part of this project from the outset,”
comments Stephen Foley of Doorware Ltd, SALTO’s
Irish distributor who carried out the installation.
“Working in consultation with the hotel we designed
a highly secure and flexible electronic access control

system for all of their 252 beautifully appointed
guestrooms and suites as well as a number of back
of house doors and lockers in the relaxation and gym
areas using the SALTO XS4 (hotel solution) system.

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This has been developed with the needs of hotels
in mind and features a range of hospitality-specific
applications including the ability to remotely reassign/transfer rooms, monitor on-duty personnel,
track facility maintenance tasks and manage back
of the house doors using the same system. We used
a number of XS4 products on the project including
E9451U85IM48 escutcheons, CU50ENSVN units,
WRM9001 wall readers, CU5000UK control units,
E9CDOU85IMA double reader Mifare units, WR9001FS
Mullion wall readers, L9080A20RA203 Mifare
i-Lockers and EC90ENUK Ethernet encoders.”
The XS4 range needs no hard wiring and provides
a totally wire free networked electronic locking
solution with a great range of features. It
incorporates distributed intelligence in both the lock
and in the key. Locks are networked to the computer
via the hotel’s own front desk management software,
yet they need no wiring or WIFI infrastructure. The
communication link is the intelligent key, it opens
individual rooms and acts as a 2-way data transporter
giving the hotel full control at all times while the key
cards automatically store and convey information
back and forth between locks and the controlling PC.